Workers from Eurocentral-based Sure Thing Insurance added a further 313 kilos, while the players of Waysiders/Drumpellier rugby club, led by their youth team, collected another 170 kilos of tinned and non-perishable items.

Foodbank manager David Findlay said: “These are huge donations and it was a great boost to us at that time of year, so we’re very grateful.

“We rely on the generosity of companies, churches, schools and individuals and depend heavily on these donations. Without them, doing our job would be virtually impossible.

“The public are very generous, particularly around Christmas, and it gives us a good boost for the next couple of months thereafter.”

He added of the foodbank’s work: “The demand is still steady. We’re quite constant and at the moment have around 30 clients per week, which is then feeding around 60 to 90 people.

“We give out 1.6 tons of food per month. There are peaks and troughs of activity and donations, such as getting a big boost at Easter, harvest and Christmas, so then we balance that throughout the year.”

In addition to staples such as soup, beans and pasta, the foodbank also requires items such as long-life milk, juice, tea, sugar, jam and tinned fruit. They also accept toiletries for distribution.

Donations to the foodbank can be handed in at their main collection point at Tesco in Airdrie.